I have had this gorgeous horse image in my image bank for months now and have been building up to painting it.
I finally completed it and enjoyed getting the muzzle min particular to a high degree of finish – something I have never done before as I found it very hard.
That was remedied in part thanks to 10 weeks spent studying cast models at the Welsh Academy of Art in Brecon with Lucy Corbett. Courses are available year round for those interested in getting expert tuition on classical drawing approaches including sight-size – http://www.welshacademyofart.com/
This time I spent a lot of time applying colour in veils and then lifting highlights out with a thirsty brush. Finally I added dark accents to make the other tones pop.
Here is a horse tutorial if you would like a try.
I absolutely LOVE him, Alison! Your detail is amazing, and I feel as though I could reach out and feel the velvet of his muzzle. Any chance you’ll have prints of him? I bought 2 other horse prints from you for my great nephew. His mother has them beautifully framed and hanging on his bedroom wall. Would love to add to his little Alison Fennell collection!
Well thank YOU Judy! I really worked hard on that muzzle and enjoyed seeing it evolve and yes – of course prints are available. Here is the link if you wish to see. That is a nice idea to add to your great nephew’s equine gallery! I hope fall is coming along nicely where you are? Here I did a woodland walk with 2 friends yesterday and the leaves were spectacular.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/474655306/watercolor-horse-print-horse-watercolor?ref=shop_home_active_1
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Allison, I’m TRYING to order the horse print through etsy, BUT there’s some confusion. They say my email address is already in use??? I’ve bought things from you before, so of course I HAVE used this email….jhiller3@verizon.net. Please help. Since I can’t sign in, I can’t order the print. Thanks so much.
Aw – that is frustrating – no worries though I have emailed you 🙂
So beautiful! Thanks for the awesome tutorial, too. I can’t wait to give it a try!
Much appreciated Carol and I’d love to see how your horse turns out …
amazing job!
Thank you Margaret! I loved working on this horse once I decided on how to tackle it!
I can’t wait to try it out, I really like the fact that you weren’t overly detailed and remained soft in your approach, love that!
That’s great to hear – I hope you enjoy trying it – here are 3 chestnut horse snippets I did too if they help. I like painting fairly loosely in the early stages then tightening up here and there as I progress. I like lost and found edges – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=horse+alison+fennellhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=horse+alison+fennell
me too….there is such an art of lost and found edges, always have intrigued me. I’ll check out that link.
Yes – I always try to do that as the viewer already can see what your subject is so you can easily lose some of it to say the background or foreground and still not lose the subject 🙂